Editing Council of Trent (section)

== Publication of documents ==
A comprehensive history is found in [[Hubert Jedin]]'s ''The History of the Council of Trent (Geschichte des Konzils von Trient)'' with about 2,500 pages in four volumes: ''The History of the Council of Trent: The fight for a Council'' (Vol I, 1951); ''The History of the Council of Trent: The first Sessions in Trent (1545–1547)'' (Vol II, 1957); ''The History of the Council of Trent: Sessions in Bologna 1547–1548 and Trento 1551–1552'' (Vol III, 1970, 1998); ''The History of the Council of Trent: Third Period and Conclusion'' (Vol IV, 1976).

The canons and decrees of the council have been published very often and in many languages. The first issue was by [[Paulus Manutius]] (Rome, 1564). Commonly used Latin editions are by Judocus Le Plat (Antwerp, 1779) and by [[Johann Friedrich von Schulte]] and [[Aemilius Ludwig Richter]] (Leipzig, 1853). Other editions are in vol. vii. of the ''Acta et decreta conciliorum recentiorum. Collectio Lacensis'' (7 vols., Freiburg, 1870–90), reissued as independent volume (1892); ''Concilium Tridentinum: Diariorum, actorum, epistularum, … collectio'', ed. Sebastianus Merkle (4 vols., Freiburg, 1901 sqq.); as well as [[Giovanni Domenico Mansi|Mansi]], ''Concilia'', xxxv. 345 sqq. Note also [[Carl Mirbt]], ''Quellen'', 2d ed, pp.&nbsp;202–255. An English edition is by [[James Waterworth]] (London, 1848; ''With Essays on the External and Internal History of the Council'').<ref name="Schaff-Herzog" />

The original acts and debates of the council, as prepared by its general secretary, Bishop [[Angelo Massarelli]], in six large folio volumes, are deposited in the [[Vatican Library]] and remained there unpublished for more than 300 years and were brought to light, though only in part, by [[Augustin Theiner]], priest of the oratory (d. 1874), in ''Acta genuina sancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini nunc primum integre edita'' (2 vols., Leipzig, 1874).<ref name=Schaff-Herzog/>

Most of the official documents and private reports, however, which bear upon the council, were made known in the 16th century and since. The most complete collection of them is that of J. Le Plat, ''Monumentorum ad historicam Concilii Tridentini collectio'' (7 vols., Leuven, 1781–87). New materials (Vienna, 1872); by [[Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger|JJI von Döllinger]] (''Ungedruckte Berichte und Tagebücher zur Geschichte des Concilii von Trient'', 2 parts, Nördlingen, 1876); and [[August von Druffel]], ''Monumenta Tridentina'' (Munich, 1884–97).<ref name="Schaff-Herzog">{{Schaff-Herzog|title=Trent, Council of|url=http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc12/htm/ii.ii.htm|inline=1}}</ref>